Upstream information

CVE-2014-9984 at MITRE

Description

nscd in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.20 does not correctly compute the size of an internal buffer when processing netgroup requests, possibly leading to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user running nscd.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Low Low
Authentication None None
Confidentiality Impact Partial Partial
Integrity Impact Partial Partial
Availability Impact Partial Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 9.8 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1043984 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1123874 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • glibc >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • glibc-32bit >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • glibc-devel >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • glibc-devel-32bit >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • glibc-html >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • glibc-i18ndata >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • glibc-info >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • glibc-locale >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • glibc-locale-32bit >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • glibc-profile >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • glibc-profile-32bit >= 2.19-22.24.5
  • nscd >= 2.19-22.24.5
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-54


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS glibc Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL glibc Already fixed
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 glibc Already fixed
Magnum Orchestration 7 glibc Already fixed
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 glibc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 glibc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 glibc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS glibc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS glibc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 glibc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS glibc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 glibc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 glibc Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 glibc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 glibc Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 glibc Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 glibc Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 glibc Already fixed
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 glibc Already fixed
Container Status
suse/sles12sp3 glibcAlready fixed


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Jun 12 17:15:10 2017
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:08:10 2023